Lancelin Island skink

The Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini ), also known commonly as the Lancelin south-west ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Lancelin Island skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. lancelini
Binomial name
Ctenotus lancelini
Ford, 1969
Synonyms[1]
  • Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini
    Ford, 1969
  • Ctenotus lancelini
    — Cogger, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.[3]

Geographic range

C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.[1]

Reproduction

C. lancelini is oviparous.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Ctenotus lancelini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Gaikhorst, G., Lloyd, R. & Craig, M. 2017. Ctenotus lancelini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T5861A101742822. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T5861A101742822.en. Downloaded on 02 January 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenotus lancelini, p. 150).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Ford J (1969). "Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia". J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 51 (3): 68–75. (Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini, new subspecies, p. 69).
  • Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1999). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. ISBN 978-0730726562.
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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